Stick to it!
Perservering in task through to the finish
Remaining Focused
Looking for ways to reach your goal when you are stuck
Not giving up
Managing Impulsivity
Take your time!
Thinking before you act
Remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberate
Listening with Understanding and Empathy
Understand Others!
Devote mental energy to another person's thoughts and ideas.
Make an effort to perceive another's point of veiw and emotions
Thinking Flexibly
Look at it Another Way!
Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider options.
Thinking about your Thinking (Metacognition)
Know your knowing!
Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.
Striving for Accuracy
Check it again!
Always doing your best
Expecting something to be better than the time before
Setting high standards for yourself
Checking and finding ways to constantly improve.
Questioning and Problem Posing
How do you know?
Having a questioning attitude
Knowing what data is needed and developing questioning strategies to find this data
Finding problems to solve
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Use what you Learn
Accessing prior knowledge
Transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learnt
Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Be clear
Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form
Avoiding over generalisation distortions, deletions and exaggerations
Gather Data Through All Senses
Use your natural pathways!
Pay attention to the world around you
Gather data through all the senses, taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight
Creating, Imagining, and Innovating
Try a different way!
Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, orginality
Responding with Wonderment and Awe
Have fun figuring it out!
Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty
Taking Responsible Risks
Venture out!
Being adventuresome
Living on the edge of one's competence
Try new things constantly
Finding Humour
Laugh a little!
Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected
Being able to laugh at oneself
Thinking Interdependently
Work together!
Being able to work and learn from others in reciprocal situations
Team work
Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
Learn from experiences!
Having humility and pride when admitting we don't know
Resisting complacency
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Persisting
Stick to it!Perservering in task through to the finish
Remaining Focused
Looking for ways to reach your goal when you are stuck
Not giving up
Managing Impulsivity
Take your time!Thinking before you act
Remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberate
Listening with Understanding and Empathy
Understand Others!Devote mental energy to another person's thoughts and ideas.
Make an effort to perceive another's point of veiw and emotions
Thinking Flexibly
Look at it Another Way!Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider options.
Thinking about your Thinking (Metacognition)
Know your knowing!Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.
Striving for Accuracy
Check it again!Always doing your best
Expecting something to be better than the time before
Setting high standards for yourself
Checking and finding ways to constantly improve.
Questioning and Problem Posing
How do you know?Having a questioning attitude
Knowing what data is needed and developing questioning strategies to find this data
Finding problems to solve
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Use what you LearnAccessing prior knowledge
Transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learnt
Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Be clearStriving for accurate communication in both written and oral form
Avoiding over generalisation distortions, deletions and exaggerations
Gather Data Through All Senses
Use your natural pathways!Pay attention to the world around you
Gather data through all the senses, taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight
Creating, Imagining, and Innovating
Try a different way!Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, orginality
Responding with Wonderment and Awe
Have fun figuring it out!Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty
Taking Responsible Risks
Venture out!Being adventuresome
Living on the edge of one's competence
Try new things constantly
Finding Humour
Laugh a little!Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected
Being able to laugh at oneself
Thinking Interdependently
Work together!Being able to work and learn from others in reciprocal situations
Team work
Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
Learn from experiences!Having humility and pride when admitting we don't know
Resisting complacency